Sunday, March 9, 2014

Avoid Stacks of Papers - ORGANIZE!

If you're anything like me, you can't stand a stack of papers on your desk that you have to go through at the end of each school day! I have a solution for you! Before you start stacking, have a "home" for everything! Check out how I organize all the endless amounts of paperwork!

I use these incredibly bright-colored baskets to stay on top of being organized with all the paperwork that quickly accumulates!

Here's a closer look at each basket and what goes inside:

Now for papers/copies for the week. Each drawer is labeled with a content area and all the papers/copies for the CURRENT week go in the drawer.

What about Long Term Planning? Do you plan ahead weeks in advance? I do! I place copies of papers that will be used in the future in these drawers, also organized by content area.

As you can see, there is NO REASON for endless stacks of papers to be sorted at the end of each day! There is a home for every paper! I hope you find a way to ORGANIZE your endless amounts of paperwork too! :)

I have baskets for a few of these, but I have never had a papers to pass out basket or paperwork to sort. Thanks for getting rid of some of my stacks! There is nothing I like better than an organized space! :)

Love this idea! In semi-unrelated news, where did you get the shelves your baskets are sitting on. I am desperate for shelves that are low enough to fit underneath my smartboard/bulletin boards, and yours look like they might actually do the trick!

I am inspired! I have these same big baskets but in primary colors.....and they are currently a catchall! I am going to make labels for them today and spend some time "spring cleaning" this week! Thanks so much!

Jamie, this post speaks to me as a habitual piper. Once again, I amazed at your organization, and it all looks so pretty. I think I know exactly where something like this could go in my room. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

I do something very similar and it has made a HUGE difference in the number of "piles" that I have on my desk! I especially love your paperwork to sort bin. I always come back from a meeting and have to jump right into teaching. All the paperwork from that meeting ends up getting lost in the shuffle. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing. I love your colorful baskets. What are they sitting on and how can I get one?However, my organization woes are from figuring out what to do with the stuff that the kids turn in. Either I put it off to the following week and I have tons to sort or it just piles up. I have to keep portfolios on all my kinders and I never find an easy way to organize, keep and file their papers. Kinders on the Block

Wow! That looks awesome! I can only imagine how colorful your whole classroom is. Hehe! Kidding aside, it’s really hard to organize lots of paper work. You need your students' cooperation to maintain the arrangements. I hope you’re not experiencing any confusion on your paperworks. I love The Boxar Children series, by the way. :)

Such a simple but useful idea. I've been drowning in paper work now that we have to send all of our copies to the "copy center" at the high school. I send things for months in advance and then they just sit in piles. I am so doing this before my maternity leave! :)

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To answer the 2 most popular questions regarding this post:

The bright colored baskets came from Really Good Stuff (www.reallygoodstuff.com).

The black labels are a FREE template from my friend at Ladybug's Teacher Files Blog (http://www.ladybugsteacherfiles.com/2012/07/my-favorite-basketsand-some-editable.html).

Hi Jamie! Do you think you could email the labels thatYou used.. I have the same baskets getting shipped to me on Wednesday and I tried to go to ladybug blog and use the file but they no longer have the same font available to download and use so no matter whichFont I try it isn't as cute as yours. I will be totally bummed if I get baskets and have ugly labels;) haha myEmail is rainey.taylor@gmail.comThank you in advance

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